Suspect: 'These charges will never stick. I know people.'

Washington Parish deputies arrest two on drug charges

UPDATED 12:29 PM CDT Mar 12, 2013

BOGALUSA, La. -

Two people face drug charges following their arrest at a Washington Parish motel on Monday evening.

The Washington Parish Sheriff's Office Drug Task Force obtained and executed a search warrant on the room after witnessing 29-year-old Leonard Lewis and 22-year-old Beth Ann Hillburn exit. Investigators had received a tip and deployed detectives to conduct surveillance at the Sportsman’s Inn.

According to officials, Lewis boasted upon his arrest that: "These charges will never stick. I know people."

Sheriff Randy Seal dismissed the remark.

"Those days are over in Washington Parish,” he said. “It doesn't matter who you are or who you know.”

Lewis and Hillburn are charged with Intent to Distribute Schedule 1 Marijuana and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

Seal said officials would be on the alert for efforts to interfere in the development of the case.

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